gameserv/Changes

   1 Version 1.2.4
   2 * Changed the command LIST so it only lists people who are playing.
   3     To get a full list, use LIST ALL - kain
   4 * Added two new config file options which allow you to specify how
   5     long to wait before deleting level 1 and other levels' accounts
   6     separately - kain
   7 * Added a new command CHECK which will display the amount of time until
   8     the next refresh - kain
   9 * Added a new config option to specify a refresh period in seconds.
  10     Now you can specify how often you want the players to be given
  11     new forest fights, etc... - kain
  12 * Fixed bug causing negative funds to be deposited into an account
  13     (bugID 966653) (thank you Jono H - xjono)
  14 * Fixed a bug causing players to be duplicated on /msg gameserv
  15     load - kain
  16 * Added Ultimate2.8.x support - kain
  17 * Healing potions can only add up to 100 over your max HP now - kain
  18 * Changed the logic for the wishing well forest event. It now adds back
  19     a forest fight if you were broke - kain
  20 * Fixed a bug causing the wrong bonuses to be added when a level was
  21     gained, and none to be added on the last level - kain
  22 * Added daily news with automatic additions when you gain a level,
  23     unsuccessfully best your master, kill someone, or are killed - kain
  24 Version 1.2.3
  25 * Took experience out of calculating the cost of potions - kain
  26 * Added even more strength to masters (your defense bonus for each level)
  27     to try to even out the fight - kain
  28 * Added more strength to monsters past level 7 and changed the masters'
  29     stats accordingly - kain
  30 * Changed the fountain forest event to not take a forest fight if your
  31     HP is at max - kain
  32 * Added more experience per monster past level 7 - kain
  33 * Added a new forest event (find a potion) each potion has a 1/5 chance
  34     of being the one you found, and you have a 2% chance of incurring
  35     this forest event - kain
  36 * Added notification that a player used a potion during a fight to the
  37     player they are fighting - kain
  38 * Added potions to the stats command - kain
  39 * Made the code a bit less dependent on 12 levels - kain
  40 * Added a new parameter to the list command that allows listing only
  41     those that are online and playing - kain
  42 * Added a new command "Dragon" which lets you fight the end boss - kain
  43 * Doubled the required experience for fighting masters - kain
  44 * Fixed a cosmetic bug (sorta) that caused your HP not to read 0 when
  45     you're dead (thanks Ricky-S) - kain
  46 * Fixed a divide by 0 bug that occurred when you attacked, but had no
  47     weapon (BugID 946043) (thank you NOTevil) - kain
  48 * Fixed a logic error allowing players to bank during a fight - kain
  49 * Added more gold per monster above level 4 - kain
  50
  51 Version 1.2.2
  52 * Fixed a logical error causing the ListenOnCF flag to only work in P10
  53     servers - kain
  54 * Fixed the store command to display syntax on improper sequence of
  55     commands (thanks damaged) - kain
  56 * Added monsters for levels 10, 11, and 12 (created by damaged, edited
  57     by kain) - kain
  58 * Made the masters stats match the next level's monsters' stats a lot
  59     closer - kain
  60 * Fixed a bug that crashed gameserv on /msg gameserv master - kain
  61 * Made welcomemsg an optional config file option. If commented out
  62     or deleted, gameserv will not send the welcome message
  63     (requested by zshack)- kain
  64 * Made the ignoreservers config file option work for Unreal - kain
  65 * Fixed a minor logical problem that was causing players to be mugged
  66     for 0 gold when they were either dead or had no gold on hand and
  67     they timed out (thanks Rehm) - kain
  68 * Fixed the bug not allowing different config files to be used - kain
  69 * Added an optional config file directive BOPER which makes
  70     gameserv become an oper on the network - kain
  71 * Added an optional config file directive USEPRIVMSG which makes
  72     gameserv use /msg instead of /notice - kain
  73 * Made the ignoreservers config file option work for bahamut - kain
  74 * Fixed an error in do_register that was not adding the client to the
  75     players list correctly, causing newly registered players to be
  76     locked out of identifying until the next gameserv restart - kain
  77 * Fixed an error that crashed GameServ if you tried to fight a player
  78     lower than the configured level - kain
  79 * Reduced the effect of potions since the price is down - kain
  80 * Reduced the price of potions significantly - kain
  81 * Added a few timeout events if you're not in a fight - kain
  82
  83 Version 1.2.1
  84 * Included a crontab script in all new distros now - kain
  85 * Added a new flag that tells wether a person is playing instead of
  86     relying solely on pointers - kain
  87 * Added a mechanism to ignore on a nick to nick basis, and implemented
  88     code to auto-ignore nicks on certain servers - kain
  89 * Changed the HASH command to iHASH (case insensitive) and sHASH (case
  90     sensitive) - kain
  91 * Gameserv no longer opers - kain
  92 * New config file directive: listenonc_forest... see
  93     gameserv.example.conf - kain
  94 * Fixed a bug in identify that was causing players to be shown as not
  95     playing (after the change in functions) - kain
  96 * Fixed up the is_playing boolean function to be more strict - kain
  97 * A true timestamp is now sent on SJOIN for hybrid servers. TS of 1
  98     was messing things up - kain
  99 * Logs are now timestamped as follows: mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS - kain
 100 * Added a timeout mechanism with two new config file options - kain
 101     - If players are fighting, and the one who's turn it is times out,
 102         they lose their turn. If they both timeout after that,
 103         they are logged out.
 104     - If players are not fighting (player fights), they are simply
 105         logged out.
 106 * Fixed a major bug causing a crash when players fought - kain
 107 * The gameserv server now attempts 3 reconnects if disconnected - kain
 108
 109 Version 1.2.0
 110 * Took +devel out of the version reply in gameserv.cpp - kain
 111 * Implemented a hashing algorithm for extremely fast searches through
 112     the players and clients linked lists - kain & wcampbel
 113 * Fixed some of the fight code - kain
 114 * Added a logout command so you don't have to quit the IRC Network to
 115     stop playing - kain
 116 * Fixed a bug that was causing players not to be voiced on the forest
 117     channel on P10 servers - kain
 118 * Added a missing code segment to decrement the player fights per
 119     day when you fight another player (reported by MaCbLiNd) - kain
 120 * Fixed a bug that allowed the same player name to be registered any
 121     number of times - kain
 122 * Fixed a problem in when players quit on a P10 server, the /msg
 123     gameserv list shows the irc nick as not NULL because it was only
 124     setting the regular nick and not the realnick - kain
 125 * Fixed a logic error in the identify command that caused players to be
 126     falsely shown as identified - kain
 127 * When a player logs off during a player fight, the fight now ends.
 128     Before it was held in limbo - kain
 129 * Fixed a bug in the fight command requiring you to use an irc nickname
 130     to fight (BugID 927789) - kain
 131
 132 Version 1.1.9
 133 * Added 2 new config file directives (maxafightdistance and maxbfightdistance)
 134     These allow you to set limits on the distance (in levels) two players
 135     are allowed to fight with. See gameserv.example.conf for more info. - kain
 136 * Fixed a bug in the identify command that falsly showed a player as
 137     already being identified. - kain
 138 * Created Monsters for level 9 - kain
 139 * Added the beginnings of an end monster - kain
 140 * Slightly adjust the weapon and armor bonuses to prevent a divide by zero
 141     exception (reported by wassup). - wcampbel
 142 * Prevent players from issuing a FIGHT against a dead player (reported
 143     by wassup). - wcampbel
 144 * Fixed a core in RUN if a client wasn't playing. - wcampbel
 145 * Added an option to specify the PID file in the config file. - kain
 146
 147 Version 1.1.8
 148 * Missing directives now are identified for config files upon startup - kain
 149 * Added a --help option to the gameserv binary - kain
 150 * Added an optional command line parameter to load a config file - kain
 151 * Added a nifty startup intro with the version number. - Kain
 152 * Fixed BANK BALANCE (BugID 895157) - wcampbel
 153 * Completely removed the midnight() function code, and replaced it with
 154     some struct tm functionality with the localtime() function. - kain
 155 * Major changes to the Makefile, cleaned up a number of rules and added
 156     dependencies (via make depend). - wcampbel
 157 * Corrected the VERSION reply, it broke ircII. - wcampbel
 158 * Fixed some P10/other protocol issues - wcampbel
 159 * Removed the old hard coded monsters entries. - wcampbel
 160 * Made gameserv load as a true daemon. gameserv.pid now contains the pid
 161     for the gameserv process. No more run script. - kain
 162 * Fixed a bug that caused the identify function to segfault. - kain
 163 * Fixed some P10 Functionality - kain
 164 * Merged in the Hybrid patch - wcampbel
 165
 166 Version 1.1.7
 167 * Added P10 Functionality (ircu-2.10.11.x)
 168 * Created Monsters for level 8
 169 * Increased the size of the monster struct to account for longer names,
 170     weapons, and death phrases.
 171 * Created Monsters for level 7
 172 * Fixed a bug causing the bank balance command not to work correctly.
 173     (Thank you wcampbel)
 174 * Added HP potions to increase maximum HP.
 175 * Made strength and defense potions add either 1 or 2 points rather than
 176     0, 1, or 2.
 177 * Made the monsters a bit harder. I found that as the game progressed,
 178     it got easier and easier instead of harder.
 179 * Fixed the forest events from happening too often. Also, the fountain
 180     forest event specifically was adding too many forest fights, making
 181     the day never end.
 182
 183 Version 1.1.6
 184 * Added a Reset command to GameServ that functions the same was as the
 185     refresh command, except it completely resets a player to the beginning
 186     of the game.
 187 * Fixed a bug that would cause monsters to have extremely high HP after
 188     loading the monster database.
 189 * Tweaked the forest events percentages. They happened too frequently.
 190 * New player database format:
 191     - Alive/Dead is no longer saved as a word in the database. It is
 192         saved as a flag.
 193     - 3 new integer values were added to the end of every player string
 194         representing their inventory (healing, strength, and defense
 195         potions).
 196 * Changed the Player structure to use 2 new flags which eliminated 2
 197     boolean values (alive & yourturn) to save a little memory.
 198 * Fixed a bug that allowed a player already in a fight to be challenged
 199     by another player. The other player was then locked into the fight
 200     with no way out.
 201 * Added a use command that allows a player to use items in their inventory.
 202     Currently the only items are health, strength, and defense potions.
 203     Command may be used in battle, but it costs you your turn.
 204 * Changed the stats command so that it takes the player name as
 205     the stats request. You type /msg GameServ stats nick still, but
 206     nick no longer has to be on IRC. You use the player name instead of
 207     the IRC Nickname.
 208 * Added a new hybrid patch to the contrib dir. (Thank you wcampbel)
 209 * Fixed a problem in the display_help() function that could cause a bus
 210     error. The problem was with changing literal text when passed to the
 211     function as a filename. The function now copies the data as a local
 212     variable and modifies that. (Thank you wcampbel)
 213 * Fixed a bug that allowed a player to be registered twice if the player
 214     was not online. (Thank you wcampbel)
 215 * Added an inventory command which allows players to view how many
 216     potions they are storing.
 217 * Added a tavern command which allows players to buy potions and store
 218     them in their inventory for later use.
 219 * Made some cosmetic changes to this file.
 220 * Added an inventory class Pouch which allows players to carry around
 221     things such as potions and such.
 222
 223 Version 1.1.5
 224 * Added a missing help file admin_commands. It was written before, but
 225     somehow was deleted.
 226 * Admins can now identify as any user without having the correct password.
 227 * Fixed a bug that allowed for two nicknames to identify for the same player.
 228 * Added a forestfights directive to the config file so admins can set the
 229     default daily forest fights.
 230 * Added a die directive to the config file that will not let you start
 231     GameServ if it is present.
 232 * Inputted monsters for Level 6. Six more levels left unfinished.
 233 * Changed confloadtime directive to welcomedelay directive in the config file.
 234     This made more sense.
 235 * Added an updateperiod directive to the config file. This represents the
 236     period (in seconds) for updating the player data file. Every time the
 237     gameserv server gets a message it will check to see if "updateperiod"
 238     seconds or more have elapsed since the last update.
 239
 240 Version 1.1.4
 241 * Fixed the welcome msg sending "ICK" instead of the nickname of a new
 242     aclient. (Thank you wcampbel)
 243 * Load now has an optional parameter "monsters" which will force a load of the
 244     monsterdata file. This is useful for changing monsters on-the-fly.
 245 * Added a load_monsters function that loads from a preconfigured monsters.dat
 246     file instead of hard coding the monsters into the array. Users can now
 247     change the monster configuration around without knowing C/C++.
 248 * Added a new directive to the config file: confloadtime
 249     this represents the delay (in seconds) until GameServ sends a welcome
 250     message to incoming clients.
 251 * Added the welcome message to the config file. See gameserv.example.conf
 252     for more info on how to use the variable as a formatted string.
 253
 254 Version 1.1.3
 255 * Removed a lot of extra list searches by changing all of the boolean
 256     functions to take aClient as a parameter instead of a nickname string.
 257 * Added an is_alive boolean function. Players must now wait until the next
 258     day to play again.
 259 * Saving the player->flags integer to the players.dat file. Old databases
 260     will not work.
 261     QUICK FIX: put a 0 to the left of the encrypted passwords for all player
 262     entries so the database can load properly. Look in flags.h for a
 263     description of the way flags work.
 264
 265 Version 1.1.2
 266 * Added a /version reply
 267 * Fixed the Makefile to include configscript.cpp
 268 * Added a join message when people connect to the IRCD. The message is set
 269     on a delay so that on the initial nick burst, the services do not send
 270     everyone the message.
 271 * Changed the admin commands from a simple password interface to a more
 272     sophisticated flags approach. Now you have to identify with the
 273     administrator password once, and your flags indicate that you are an
 274     admin for all commands.
 275 * Full help files available in corrected form for the new administrator type
 276     commands.
 277
 278 Version 1.1.1
 279 * Added some admin features.
 280     - Refresh
 281 * Added help menu functionality for all commands.
 282 * Fixed the register command so it notified the client that registration
 283     was successful.
 284 * Changed the master command so that you didn't have to fight your master
 285     if you had enough experience. There is now a question/fight subcommand
 286     set for the master command.
 287 * Tweaked the masters a bit. Basically, they were too tough. Once a player
 288     had enough experience, they had no chance against their master until
 289     they got the next two weapons up. This made the next level too easy.
 290     Past level 1 still needs tweaking.
 291 * Added functionality for bahamut IRCD
 292
 293 Version 1.1.0
 294 * Added autoconf functionality to the gameserv package. Does not compile
 295     correctly on SunOS without tweaking.
 296 * Fixed the game so that players stats reset at midnight UTC + 8 hours.
 297     time(NULL) - (time(NULL) % 86400) + 3600 * 8
 298 * Added a contrib directory with a user submitted patch for hybrid ircd.